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Chapter 21 Sasha Braus
"Hey, you brat!"
"Present!"
"Who are you, kid!"
"Armin Arlert, from Shiganshina District."
"Arnold, what are you doing here? The Training Corps doesn't welcome snot-nosed brats!"
"To help humanity achieve victory!"
"A fine answer, then prepare to become food for the Giants."
Shouts filled the training grounds as the instructor Keith gave the new recruits a baptism by intimidation. Even Armin Arlert, who was a bit weak in both height and personality, received his share of scolding.
The purpose of this baptism was to negate their past cowardly selves and cultivate talent suitable for becoming soldiers from a completely new state.
However, there were also those who already possessed the mental fortitude of a warrior. They wouldn't panic even when truly facing the fear of Giants, so they didn't need this meaningless mental pressure.
Lian Ye stood expressionlessly in the back row. He, Reiner Braun, and Bertholdt Hoover were among the taller individuals in the crowd, allowing them to calmly observe everyone in front of them and listen to Instructor Keith's lecture.
'You are nothing more than livestock now, even worse than livestock!' 'Your build is so pathetic, not even the Royal Capital wants it!'
A barrage of trash talk and mental attacks spewed from Keith's mouth, scolding the new recruits whose spirits had slightly wavered. Many terrified recruits succumbed, shouting, "Yes, I'm worse than livestock."
It had to be said that Keith's devilish face and tone, combined with his constant stream of trash talk, were incredibly intimidating.
However, in Lian Ye's opinion, this was child's play.
After all, as a player (Summoner) in League of Legends, you might think you'd learn valuable qualities like teamwork, mutual assistance, and indomitable spirit from this 5v5 team competitive game. But after thousands of games on Summoner's Rift, you'd realize that all of that was fake. What everyone truly learned was resistance to trash talk and toxic people. Under countless enemy flamers and internal traitors, their temperament and mental resilience were constantly being refined.
So, in a way, the game League of Legends had brought about a considerable amount of growth for Lian Ye. At the very least, he had become someone with incredibly strong psychological fortitude, someone who wouldn't break down in any disadvantageous situation, and an excellent master of comebacks who dared to retort to all sorts of trolls.
---Well, this could be considered a form of growth, perhaps.
Of course, since he, Reiner, and Bertholdt already possessed the qualities of mature warriors, Keith didn't linger in front of the three in the back row and continued to scold others.
A few minutes later, the scolding farce escalated further. Sasha Braus, Potato Girl, calmly took out a still-warm potato from her chest and began eating it seriously while Keith was conducting the new recruit baptism. Her attitude of not wasting food was truly something many foodies would envy. Unfortunately, her nerve fibers were as rough as potato fibers. When faced with Instructor Keith's scolding, Sasha calmly replied, "The potato was stolen from the kitchen," which was truly embarrassing.
"I don't care where you got your potato from. My question is, why are you eating a potato here!"
Keith's anger level had reached a certain threshold due to Sasha's incredibly obtuse nature.
"Because the potato was right here. Food is best eaten hot; it's a waste if it gets cold----"
Why climb the mountain? --- Because the mountain is there.
Oblivious to the situation, Sasha still gave a serious answer. Even though her simple words might have contained a considerable amount of philosophy, she was ultimately punished with a long run around the training grounds until the night rest area, and her dinner was canceled.
Setting aside the grueling long-distance run that exceeded human limits, Sasha Braus's face turned so tragic upon hearing that dinner was canceled, it was truly moving.
---What an interesting person.
Lian Ye couldn't help but think so. Moreover, Sasha Braus was from a hunter background, and he was quite willing to interact with this "foolishly" simple girl.
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